Author: Caitlin Stonham
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I imagine a life where I know that I am needed, valued, and relied upon
In a post that I wrote about informal childcare arrangements in a cohousing village over a year ago, I reflected […]
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Planting a Tree
This tree will grow as our homes are built, our gardens are seeded, and this land becomes vibrant with people, animals, and plants.
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Informal Childcare Arrangements in a Cohousing Village
My name is Caitlin, and I struggle to ask for help. As a result of this single-minded independence, I have […]
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A Conversation with Annie and Bella
Annie and Bella have different opinions about fun and food, but they agree on one thing – life with Caitlin, David and Alfie is never dull!
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Why I Traded my Tiny House for Cohousing
If you’d told me in 2016, while I was building my Tiny House, that in 2020 I’d have put down my life savings on a deposit for a home in a town I’d only been to twice, that was projected to cost more money than I’d earned in my entire life, I’d have laughed, then…
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5 Ways to Show Community Resilience in a Pandemic
Not only have our members found that working on our development is an excellent distraction from the boredom of social isolation, we’ve also been able to draw emotional support from each other in these trying times. But how exactly have we been able to keep the “social” in “social distancing”? Our success rests on the…
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Neighbours before neighbourhood: Finding community in the cohousing development process
I try to remind myself that, despite being uncommon in our individualistic society, tight-knit, supportive, collaborative neighbourhoods are the norm in many other places around the world. We may not have a neighbourhood yet, but we’re already neighbours.
